Press Release: Commissioner Ashton says confidence the key to enhanced EU-China trade relationship

On 9 September, 2009, EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton called for the EU and China to build greater confidence in one another, in order to develop a deep and lasting economic partnership. At a speech at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing, Commissioner Ashton called for both sides to work on outstanding issues in order to strengthen a bilateral trade relationship already worth more than EUR 300 billion a year. She also pledged that the EU and China would continue to work together to complete the Doha Round of world trade talks.

European Commission: SPEECH/09/369: The EU-China trade relationship going forward – building confidence http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/09/369&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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